http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/articlearchive.php Recent Press Articles from Richard Burt and West Worcestershire Liberal Democrats en-GB Richard Burt and West Worcestershire Liberal Democrats http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Richard Burt and West Worcestershire Liberal Democrats 2008-10-16T04:53+01:00 United Kingdom http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/articles/000012/tory_come_lately.html The Conservatives have recently been making a great deal of noise about the need to compensate people who lose out as a result of Labour's decision to double the 10p income tax starter rate. 2008-05-16T07:21+01:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/articles/000011/letter_to_the_worcester_news_concerning_the_pershore_care_centre.html I write to express my great sadness that the last ditch effort to save Pershore Care Centre was lost at County Hall on 9th April. 2008-04-10T09:00+01:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/articles/000010/world_environment_day__5th_june_2007.html I want take the opportunity of World Environment Day this week to outline to our readers the proposals of Britain's greenest major party - the Liberal Democrats. 2007-06-05T14:54+01:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/articles/000009/notice_of_motion_to_wychavon_district_council_7_november_2006.html This Council believes that individuals and businesses in Wychavon would benefit from revisions to taxation that would reduce the burden on income while increasing taxation on pollution and the use of finite environmental resources. 2006-11-08T05:55+00:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/articles/000008/conservatives_support_local_property_taxes.html Recently the Conservative parliamentary candidate for West Worcestershire has been attacking non-existent Lib Dem plans to impose a 1% property value tax. It's nothing but spin. But what's worse, she seems to have forgotten that her own party introduced, and still supports, a local property tax: namely, the council tax. 2006-11-07T22:19+00:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/articles/000007/worcester_news_says_abolition_of_council_tax_is_the_solution.html A recent comment in the Worcester News' influential Opinion column that "council tax needs to be abolished in favour of a local income tax that takes into account people's ability to pay" [4 October] drew a revealing response from my Conservative opponent, Harriet Baldwin. 2006-10-23T11:27+01:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/articles/000006/worcestershire_voters_urged_to_study_the_small_print_in_tory_tax_propaganda.html An article recently posted on the website of the Conservative parliamentary candidate for West Worcestershire urges voters to "study the small print in Lib Dem tax plans." If she had followed her own advice, she would perhaps have made fewer mistakes. 2006-09-20T17:17+01:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/articles/000005/public_conveniences_and_tory_opportunism.html Last week I visited the Memorial Hall in Upton upon Severn to see plans for the new temporary flood barriers that will be trialled next month. The £150,000 Environment Agency project will bring welcome security from flooding for Upton residents and is greatly welcomed. Malvern Hills District Council will be an active partner, working with the Environment Agency and others to ensure the success of the barriers when they are needed. 2006-08-30T14:38+01:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/articles/000004/review_of_councils_senior_management_posts.html I was disappointed, but not surprised, to read comments in last week's Malvern Gazette by Conservative Councillors about the Council's proposed senior management review. 2006-07-24T12:00+01:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/articles/000002/war_in_lebanon.html The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams spoke with great wisdom and absolute clarity when he gave a public interview last week on the war in Lebanon. 2006-07-24T10:20+01:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/articles/000001/no_8_community_arts_centre_in_pershore.html Congratulations to all concerned following the official opening of No 8 Community Arts Centre in Pershore by HRH Prince Philip last Monday. 2006-07-21T16:00+01:00 http://westworcs-libdems.org.uk/articles/000003/public_conveniences_the_other_side_of_the_story.html An all-party panel of the district council's Overview and Scrutiny (O&S) Committee worked for over a year on a review of the public toilet provision and concerns within Malvern Hills District. The panel found that the existing state of all district conveniences was very poor and that several had a history of unacceptable behaviour. 2006-04-22T12:00+01:00